"Are we done? My task is complete. Can I leave now?" Ouyang Chen asked.
"Regardless, you must be prepared for the worst," the lawyer replied.
From the other end of the hallway, a woman's scream, grating and bone-chilling, echoed.
"How is she?" Michelle asked.
"Still very resistant," Lin Yi replied.
"This can't go on. We need to help her adapt to her new life as soon as possible," Michelle said.
"Perhaps she doesn't believe we're helping her..." Lin Yi mused.
"I'm going to talk to her," Michelle declared.
"Michelle..." Lin Yi began.
"What is it?"
"She won't listen to anyone, and she might attack you..."
Michelle sighed in frustration, her mind complaining about when the terrifying noise would finally stop...
***
Upon returning to the country, Ouyang Chen's first act was to buy pink fruit for Su Ruiyi.
After searching the import supermarket for a long time, he only found a pink pineapple from Costa Rica, priced at a thousand yuan for a single fruit.
By the time Ouyang Chen, laden with bags, hurried to the hospital, he encountered someone he wished to avoid just as he was about to enter the ward.
"Colin is dead. Don't you have anything to say to me?" Maggie asked.
"No. Move aside," Ouyang Chen replied.
"But I feel like you're the one who caused his death?"
"As if you wished he'd live forever."
"Don't be in such a hurry to leave. Axe reappeared not long ago, disrupting my entire plan to have Michelle step down tomorrow."
"I don't want to be involved in anything related to the Tang Empire anymore."
"Aren't you going to seek revenge on Axe?"
"..."
"I know you just returned from country M. What exactly were you doing there? Me not saying anything doesn't mean I can turn a blind eye to your betrayal."
"Miss Maggie, I'm not interested in your ambitions for the Tang Empire. If you're here to persuade me to continue helping you, please leave."
"Hahaha, you want to dump me after using me? There hasn't been a man audacious enough to leave me before I've said we're parting ways."
"I believe Colin's death benefits you greatly. Now you can exclusively possess the Tang Empire."
"Should I thank you for that?"
"That's not necessary. Our well-being, separate from each other, is the greatest thanks you can offer me."
"I think you won't be well for long."
"You don't need to worry about me."
Maggie blocked Ouyang Chen, preventing him from entering the ward.
"Don't rush. I specifically traveled from country M to tell you a secret about the mute girl's death."
Ouyang Chen eyed Maggie warily. Was there something he didn't know?
"Do you know how Colin found out about the mute girl?"
"Colin is so capable, is there anything he can't find out?"
"He wouldn't have known if no one told him."
"Who!!!"
Maggie shifted her gaze towards the ward, then dramatically covered her mouth.
"Didn't Su Ruiyi tell you? The truth is, she and Colin had their eyes on that mute girl privately. It was Miss Su who lured the mute girl to the Peninsula Hotel."
"Su Ruiyi? Impossible. Su Ruiyi doesn't know Mo Qingyun's identity!"
"Perhaps she didn't know before, but after meeting Colin, who knows?"
Ouyang Chen stood frozen. Su Ruiyi had been apologizing on the rooftop the whole time. He thought it was because she saw he didn't choose Mo Qingyun, but it turned out to be because she had led Mo Qingyun to Colin...
With a clatter, everything in Ouyang Chen's hands fell to the ground. Maggie snickered as she patted Ouyang Chen's shoulder, feigning comfort before leaving with a flirtatious air.